Microsoft is Said to Have Had an Anti-OpenOffice.org Seminar on Monday (Updated)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2010-09-01 07:41:12 UTC
- Modified: 2010-09-01 13:00:12 UTC
Summary: The Microsoft camp is attacking Oracle's OpenOffice.org (OOOo) while pretending that Oracle is an "evil empire" (whereas Microsoft "loves" open source)
THANKS to Comes vs Microsoft exhibits, last year we posted Microsoft's blatantly anti-GNU/Linux (and highly confidential) presentation. it also covered and encouraged bribery (against GNU/Linux).
At the end of last year we also showed that Microsoft had begun hiring people to fight against OpenOffice.org adoption [
1,
2,
3]. That's how a monopolist works, by targeting any sign of competition and then derailing it or bribing those involved (see the Munich story for example).
As many people may know, OpenOffice.org is having an event in Budapest this week, but Microsoft too is
said to be in town (same tricks used to steal ODF's thunder). One commenter (not verified) wrote the following comment about Microsoft some days ago:
Nicer? Not really!
Here is an excerpt from an invitation for a seminar by Microsoft in Budapest/Hungary on 8.30.2010.
"Program:
9:30 – 10:30 The art of selling against free, opensource Office competitors by Moritz Berger /
Enterprise Tech Strategist (in English)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 Technical teardown of OpenOffice by Moritz Berger / Enterprise Tech Strategist"
Be aware that
Microsoft proponents still use Oracle's lawsuit and contrast that with some cocky remarks from Microsoft's Paoli (the "love" nonsense [
1,
2,
3,
4,
5]) to make Microsoft seem like a friend of "Open Source" while the steward of OpenOffice.org is the "new evil empire" (or something along those lines).
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Update: Regarding the OpenOffice.org conference in the same city, Rob Weir
told me that
"Microsoft (@moritzbe) [Moritz Berger] has a presentation scheduled for tomorrow "Building Bridges"."
Comments
rhdunn
2010-09-01 08:12:56
With that information the points could either be refuted or be used to create a list of enhancements.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2010-09-01 08:19:14
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2010-09-01 08:19:42
satipera
2010-09-01 11:39:40
Techrights is adding in its area of expertise to the overwhelming evidence that business success is skewed to the interaction between political power and money.
BTW thanks for photo of Hungarian Parliament, I had no idea it was such an impressive building.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2010-09-01 11:51:31
Rob Weir has just posted a photo from Hungary: "@rcweir: Inside HU Parliament waiting for #OOoCon opening ceremonies to start. http://yfrog.com/ncq63j "
satipera
2010-09-01 12:28:33
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2010-09-01 12:44:25
In the West, presidents/PMs can usually not serve for longer than 8 years, but parasites of the system don't ever get elected. They exert power from outside the electable system; there are analogies in software too. Remember the 2008 trip Ballmer made to Hungary (never mind lobbying from Gates)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S30WdoEHCH4